Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is technically a convicted felon when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in March. (Seth Wenig/AP) President-elect Donald Trump will enter office as a convicted and sentenced criminal, provided the Supreme Court does not once ...

Acting Justice Juan Merchan admitted that the case was ... Merchan’s monster will now go on the road and work its way back to the Supreme Court. Outside of New York, this freak attraction ...

Justice Juan Merchan, in an 18-page opinion and order ... and maybe even the United States Supreme Court, will delay the sentencing, effectively until after his presidency. To begin with, Merchan ...

That was the upshot of New York Justice Juan Merchan’s deft handling, with a critical assist from the U.S. Supreme Court, of Trump’s conviction on cover-up charges tied to hush-money payments ...

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations that he instructed his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to ...

MANHATTAN (CN) — Donald Trump is appealing the New York criminal conviction that made him the first felon to hold the presidency, according to a notice of appeal filed Wednesday in New York state ...

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New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has set a date for sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case. The judge ruled on Friday that Trump would be sentenced on January 10 ...

The judge in president-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case accused Trump’s defense lawyers, who are incoming Department of Justice officials, of undermining the judicial system in his ruling ...

President-elect Donald Trump has turned to the U.S. Supreme ... court early Wednesday to pause the hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. while he appeals New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan ...